http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/5562 Recent articles about Henrik Zetterberg en-us Marian Hossa has signed a mind-boggling deal with the Detroit Red Wings. What could his decision making process have been, and where do the Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins go from here? Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:27:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285108 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285108 Bringing the Stanley cup is a joy few people can feel, think about it coaches, gms and owners demand many things from a star player like playing 82 games, scoring over 70 points, and having a great plus minus average, and that's without playoffs taken into account. I have no doubt in my mind it's a [...] Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:25:49 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/284428 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/284428 What does free agency have in store for the Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators, and St. Louis Blues? What can the Blue Jackets do to become a legitimate contender in the West? Can Detroit strengthen their already loaded lineup? Will this be the year the young Blackhawks make the big leap forward? Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:17:33 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/277411 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/277411 Pictures of some wives/girlfriends of Red Wings Players during the Stanley Cup Celebration Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:35:27 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/276408 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/276408 The Stanley Cup Finals are over and the Detroit Red Wings emerged victorious over the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 3-2 win. How did it all go down and where do the two teams go from here? Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:56:27 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/274611 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/274611 The not quite expected start led to a no one expected this finish that seemed to go forever. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:14:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/273807 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/273807 They had to work a little OT to do it, but the Pittsburgh Penguins have clawed back into the Stanley Cup Finals. Petr Sykora's called shot in triple OT has the series shifting back to Pittsburgh for Game 6. Will the Detroit Red Wings be able to handle the mounting pressure? Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:13:50 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/273638 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/273638 No Scotty, No Stevie? No Problem Tonight the Red Wings are poised to win the Stanley Cup. In the bottom line business of professional sports, you can't get much more plain than that. All the money spent, all the number crunching, all the scouting, all the flurry of phone calls on trade deadline day, all the days in training camp -- all of it is designed to be in a position where the team is today. Win a hockey game, on your home ice, and call yourself champions. If it happens -- and it almost certainly will, and likely tonight -- it will be the first Stanley Cup hoisted by a Red Wings team since 1955 that didn't have Steve Yzerman in uniform or Scotty Bowman behind the bench. Both men are still a part of the Red Wings family, of course -- Yzerman as a V.P. and Bowman as a consultant -- but neither of them are making it happen on the ice. It's Nick Lidstrom and Mike Babcock's team now. And so it will be the two of them, more than anyone else, who should get the credit for the return of the Red Wings to glory. Lidstrom probably won't win the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoffs MVP, but no matter. He's the captain, and his steady play is sometimes his own worst enemy when it comes right down to it. He's never a league MVP candidate despite his perennial winning of the Norris Trophy. And he is a dark horse candidate for the Smythe, behind Chris Osgood and Henrik Zetterberg. Lidstrom is taken for granted, that's why. Babcock took over in 2005 and has churned out three straight 50+ win seasons, and the team has improved steadily in the post-season, from a first round exit in 2006 to the Final Four last season to champions in 2008. Yet he'll never win Coach of the Year. He, too, is taken for granted. Bowman and Yzerman. The latter learned a lot from the former, but Scotty would tell you that it went both ways, too. No one knows for sure how serious Bowman was about trading Yzerman to the Ottawa Senators in the mid-1990s, but the scare helped convince the captain to become more of a two-way player. Yzerman entered the league as a scoring machine and left it as a Selke winner. Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk, the Red Wings' two most dynamic offensive players, are both Selke finalists this year. Zetterberg proved the validity of his candidacy in 86 heart-stopping seconds in the third period of Game 4 -- which will go down as the most famous penalty kill in franchise history as the Wings beat back a 3-on-5 against the Penguins. Zetterberg and Datsyuk's Selke status is a descendant of the Bowman/Yzerman era. Bowman's Cup-winning teams in Detroit prided themselves on their defense, and so did Yzerman, eventually. And that spirit carried over when Babcock arrived, following two disappointing playoffs under Dave Lewis, another Bowman disciple. It's chic to be a defensively proficient scoring forward in Detroit. Do you ever see Sidney Crosby killing penalties? Tonight, the Red Wings will probably add the 11th Cup to their franchise's collection. They will have done it without Yzerman and Bowman. But Nick Lidstrom isn't exactly new to all this, and Mike Babcock knows when to push and pull back with his veteran-laden roster. Those two -- captain and coach -- are merely putting into practice what this team has been all about during the past 13 years or so. It'll be four Cups in 11 seasons after this one is secured. Yes, there have been some head-shaking playoffs in between them; the latest of which was just two years ago. But just when you get a little annoyed by that, along comes another Cup to provide the best of salves. Edmonton WHO? Dwayne WHO? The Stanley Cup causes amnesia in the best way. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:49:16 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/273299 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/273299 Henrik Zetterburg may have locked up the Conn Smythe Trophy with his performance in Game 4 for Stanley Cup Finals. The Red Wings delivered a 2-1 win in Pittsburgh to open a 3 to 1 series lead on the Pens on Saturday Night. Zetterburg and his linemates fended off a 5 on 3 powerplay with 9:50 to go in 3rd period while the Wings were clinging to a one-goal lead. Zetterberg essentially locked up the Pens captain Sidney Crosby during the powerplay, and was able to possess the puck after clearing an errant pass from Evgeni Malkin. Zetterburg even managed a shorthanded shot off to effectively kill off the 2-man advantage. Wanna see more? Click on the web link provided below... Thanx for resding! Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:10:10 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/273115 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/273115 Sometimes it just all goes not quite so well. Your prediction looked good but in the end, it went splat...this is one of those cases. Read on! Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:08:37 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/272955 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/272955 Looking back on Game 4 of the Finals and the one that got away for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Detroit Red Wings didn't win the Stanley Cup tonight, but it is definitely now their to lose as they head home for Game 5in Detroit Monday night. Do these young Penguins have enough left to keep the champagne on ice? Sat, 31 May 2008 23:49:59 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/272918 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/272918 Wednesday night marked the third night in the past week we had to decide whether to focus our attention on the NBA Eastern Conference Finals or watch the NHL's rising superstar take on one of the league's greatest franchises in the Stanley Cup Finals. Not only were these two crucial playoff series taking place on the same day, they were unfolding at the same time. Thu, 29 May 2008 21:24:53 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/272290 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/272290 First of many articles....this morning's well is basically the turkey is on me. Thu, 29 May 2008 03:03:13 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/272004 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/272004 The Pittsburgh Penguins finally showed up to the Stanley Cup party as they pulled out an impressive 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on home ice in Game 3, largely thanks to a pair of huge goals from Sidney Crosby. How did the Pens turn things around, and will this give Pittsburgh the momentum heading into Saturday's Game 4? Wed, 28 May 2008 23:34:26 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/271969 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/271969 48 hours after Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals and not much changed. The Detroit Red Wings played opportunistic hockey as they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 on home as to take a two games to none lead. Will the Pens be able to respond as the series shifts back to Pittsburgh for Wednesday's Game 3, or are Chris Osgood and the Wings' defense just too much for the young Pens? Mon, 26 May 2008 23:57:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/271198 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/271198